a surname of Apollo at Rome, where Augustus, in commemoration of the battle of Actium, dedicated a temple to the god on the Palatine hill, in which subsequently a library was established. (D. C. 53.1; Hor. Carm. 1.31, Epist. 1.3. 17; Propert. 4.6. 11; Ov. Ars Am. 3.389.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890